Fans of both Ben Folds and Elliott Smith can check out a video from the A/V Club which has Folds performing the late singer-songwriters track “Say Yes.”. He gives a brief introduction to the song, saying that he chose it because he “was always a big Elliott Smith Fan, and anything to keep his music [...]
The nomadic duo known as Coco Rosie has spent time recording in Paris, Berlin, New York and Melbourne, and is currently based out of New Mexico. Their newest album, Grey Oceans, reflects this temporal existence by hopping around through eclectic beats, trumpet solos, ambient new-age inspired synth, hip-hop verses and even rag-time influences. Almost at [...]
The Dead Weather are back. And they’ve got another strange album, entitled Sea of Cowards out today. With tracks named “Die by the Drop,” “I’m Mad,” “Jawbreaker” and “Gasoline,” it’s easy to see where they’re trying to go. With brash, raw to-the-bone lyrics and instrumentation, this album left me feeling angry at something. I’m not [...]
It turns out he doesn’t even know how to use an iPod. According to his keynote speech at Hampton University, the President had this to say to the class of 2010, “[Y]ou’re coming of age in a 24/7 media environment that bombards us with all kinds of content and exposes us to all kinds of [...]
Hugo Chavez has run into a political minefield, and now needs a staff of 200 people to run his Twitter account, according to The Huffington Post. The main reason for joining Twitter, according to Chavez, is to confront the Tweets of criticism and ridicule from his opponents. In his words, “I’m creating a team due [...]
Antony and the Johnsons are to release a special edition of “Swanlights” this October which will include the CD inside a 144 page art book containing Antony’s paintings, collages, photography and writing. “Swanlights” is the fourth Antony and the Johnsons album and the follow up to the critically acclaimed smash “The Crying Light” which topped [...]
LP4 is sounding pretty rad. Download the first release of the album, Party With Children, here by right clicking ‘save as.’ According to their press release, they describe it as “a ‘weirder’ listen than LP3, with a much braver approach to the arrangements. Ratatat incorporated even more sounds and instruments into the mix on this [...]
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has been asked by a Russian MP to investigate claims by Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, the leader of the southern region of Kalmykia, that he has been on board a spaceship, according to BBC News. The claim was made on a prime-time television program in Russia in which Ilyumzhinov claimed he was taken [...]
The King of Cool Thom Yorke is at it again, posting one of his strange, eclectic mixes for the masses in honor of today’s election in Great Britain. A vocal member of the Green Party, Yorke opens the mix with The Lunatics (Have taken over the Asylum) by Fun Boy Three, possibly due to the [...]
Now’s the time to take a listen to Broken Social Scene’s new album, Forgiveness Rock Record, due out in stores tomorrow. For the next 24 hours, NPR is streaming the entire album for free.
While the suspect behind the failed car-bomb in Times Square is still on the lamb, speculation for a motive is running rampant. One possible motive, according to the NYPD, might be the recent episode of South Park in which the prophet Mohammad is depicted as being inside a bear outfit. The SUV bomb reportedly was [...]
Drinking and gambling are as American as selling complex derivatives. It’s no small wonder they’re at the heart of yet another Great American Pastime: watching animals go fast around a track. Given the treacly nature of hipsterdom, the Mint Julep, a strong, sugary beverage tailored for overweight southerners sweating their balls off in seersucker suits [...]
“I read the news today, oh boy,” are the first lyrics to the John Lennon-penned song “A Day in the Life,” and the original handwritten version is set to be auctioned by Sotheby’s on June 18th, 2010. The two sided piece of loose-leaf paper is estimated to sell for $700,000 based on the auction for [...]
Philip K. Dick is something of an enigma. The science-fiction author is purported to have had a series of “visions” in the late seventies and died only four months before the film Blade Runner came out, to critical acclaim and box-office success. Though he did achieve success while he was writing, he came to world-wide [...]
We might as well declare this Banksy Week, seeing as we’ve posted at least three times about him in the past two days. Regardless of whether you think he’s a good artist or a hack, you gotta admit he’s got one hell of a reputation for no one knowing who he is. My opinion lands [...]
Stephen Hawking’s new television show, Into the Universe, airing on the Discovery Channel, has more than a few mind-bending concepts to absorb. On Monday, D+T Editor Alex Moore wrote an article about Hawking, which intrigued me enough to sit down and watch the show. It simulates some pretty f’ing cool alien life, and ends with [...]
Tool has announced some summer tour dates on their website, with more shows to be announced soon. Seeing as the band has been working on new material, these shows might be the first chance we’ll get to hear it. Click the jump to check out if Tool will be headed to your neck of the [...]
The Hold Steady is about to embark on a tour in support of their fifth studio release, Heaven is Whenever, out May 4th on Vagrant Records. They plan to tour the U.S. this summer, starting in L.A. the night before their album is released and end up in New York City at Beacon Theatre in [...]
Ever wonder what it would be like to have Rufus Wainwright wine and dine you, cooking up savory, delicious meals with a trained chef? Well, now your dream has come true, and you can cook along next week on IFC’s Dinner With The Band. NYC Chef Sam Mason will be inviting a host of indie’s [...]
Chalk it up to unpredictable weather, a lack of interest from headliners or maybe even the fact that All Points West Festival is located across the Hudson River in New Jersey, but APW creators are thinking about dumping the music fest entirely. Last year, the festival was held on one of the rainiest weekends of [...]
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